by Anthony Hidalgo | Mar 26, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, News, Shed the Shed
A proxy war against Trump’s anti-New York agenda has come to our city’s parkland, and we must not allow Trump to win it. For generations, Wollman Rink, at the heart of Central Park, has been more than just an ice-skating venue; it’s been a place of joy, community, and...
by Anthony Hidalgo | Mar 26, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, News, Shed the Shed
The City Council on Wednesday will approve a package of five bills intended to cut back on the number of scaffolds — known as sidewalk sheds — that have long darkened New York’s streets, and improve the aesthetics of the ones that must remain up. Several of the bills...
by Anthony Hidalgo | Mar 12, 2025 | Breaking the Cycle, Early Childhood Education, News
Walk down the streets of Manhattan or ride the subway late at night, and you see a painful truth: New Yorkers, many of whom are struggling with serious mental illness, caught in a cycle of neglect. Right now, our system fails them. It fails their families. And it...
by Anthony Hidalgo | Feb 19, 2025 | Affordable Housing Plan, Albany Housing Agenda, COY Housing Recommendation, Early Childhood Education, Home Forward, Housing, News
The controversial One45 for Harlem project, which could bring two towers with nearly 1,000 new apartments to East Harlem, secured the backing of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on Tuesday — a symbolic but significant endorsement that bodes well for its success...
